Published date: 18 October 2019
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
London
Procurement reference
TOWER001-DN441196-88065664
Published date
18 October 2019
Closing date
15 January 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Following the abandonment of a procurement exercise, the Council is seeking to engage with Suppliers able to deliver Domestic Abuse and Hate Crime case work and discuss the current arrangements and proposed changes to the services.
Tower Hamlets council will be holding a Supplier Market Testing event on Wednesday 31/10/2019. Venue: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 5 Clove Crescent Mulberry Place, London E14 2BG Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Interested parties must confirm their attendance by email to Stacey.Bradburne@towerhamlets.gov.uk by12noon, 28/10/ 2019.
More information
Additional text
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It is proposed that the services will be divided into two lots:
LOT 1 - Domestic Abuse Casework Service. Value: £526,500
This service will provide support to survivors of domestic abuse aged 16 or above who live in the borough. The purpose of the service is in line with the Tower Hamlets Strategic Plan, Mayors Manifesto and the VAWG Strategy 2019-2024 that aims to increase safety of adults and children due to domestic abuse; provide access to a range of protection and support services and provide advocacy to represent the clients with a number of statutory and voluntary agencies.
The contract aims to procure Domestic Abuse Caseworkers to support primarily the highest risk domestic abuse victims in the borough. The services will be delivered within the borough.
LOT 2 - Hate Crime Casework Service - Value: £58,500
The overall aims of the Service are to provide emotional and practical support to victims of hate crime in the borough and to enable Service Users to access the range of protection and support services available to them,appropriate to their needs. The service is to advocate on the Service User's behalf with other statutory and voluntary agencies and within multi-agency procedures.
For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition at this stage, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming procurement of London Borough of Tower Hamlets and seek ideas and feedback from the market on the proposed changes that may inform the final specification.
About the buyer
Contact name
Jay Bains
Address
Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
England
Telephone
+44 2073644015
procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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